Lennie Tristano Sextet 1949

Lennie Tristano Sextet 1949

1) Wow (Lennie Tristano)
2) Marionette (Billy Bauer)

Personnel: Lee Konitz (alto sax), Warne Marsh (tenor sax), Lennie Tristano (piano), Billy Bauer (guitar), Arnold Fishkin (bass), Harold Granowsky (drums; only 1), Denzil Best (drums; only 2)

from the album 'CAPITOL JAZZ CLASSICS, VOL.14: CROSSCURRENTS'

Category:

Music

Tags:

• 1949
• cool
• jazz
• Lee
• Konitz
• Warne
• Marsh
• Lennie
• Tristano
• Billy
• Bauer
• Arnold
• Fishkin
• Harold
• Granowsky
• Denzil
• Best
• Wow
• Marionette

[kevinherbert]

Their understated selves......so gr8.......thanx.....

[60otaku3]

You're welcome, kevinherbert-san!!

Otaku3 (^o^)/

[Lassesteff]

shit, this is so fresh!

[Finkanslig]

@cliffworks4321 URNA class X yourself: probing mind. INTUITION & DIGRESSION seem ‘normal’ today, but back in ’49? Tristano said the engineer threw up his hands & left the controls soon after the group started. Capitol thought they were stupid to try such "'music." The 2 tunes were a decade+ ahead of soon-to-be commonplace free expression-ie, w/o set chord progressions & time signatures. Symphony Sid played them for yrs; Capitol got lots of requests, released them - & the bread to Tristano. :I:

[cliffworks4321]

@Finkanslig why did Capitol refuse to release, what was the prob at the studio? tks

[malilacreuse]

quelle belle epoque..

[pollaris18]

Amazing!!

[Finkanslig]

Billy Bauer's great MARIONETTE is in an ABCD pattern - rarely used in Jazz compositions.

Quite a day in a NY studio for the Lennie Tristano Sextette 16 MAY 1949: SAX OF A KIND (Fine and Dandy), INTUITION, & DIGRESSION to their credit, too. INTUITION & DIGRESSION caused a stink even at the studio; Capitol Records refused to release them; Tristano eventually got paid, and both were released eventually.

Miles & Mulligan praised them, seeing them as valuable cutting-edge music. :I:

[hylozoik]

soo mellow, mjam ... =))